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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HUGH O. MIDDLETON, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

MEDICINE-SPOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,792, dated March'7', 1899.

Application filed November 25, 1398. Serial No. 697,432. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH O.'MIDDLETON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia,have invented new and useful Improvements in Medicine-Spoons, of whichthe followingis a specification.

This invention relates to nursery and medicine spoons, and has for itsobject to provide an improved spoon by means of which medicine may beadministered to children with case and certainty and without waste orloss; and to this end my invention consists in a spoon constructed inthe manner hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim following the description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved spoon, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinalcentral section of the same.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the bowl of thespoon, closed at its top by a cover 2. The cover 2 extends over andcloses the entire top of the bowl excepting at the point where it isprovided with a narrow slit ordischarge-opening 3. An aperture a isformed in the rear portion of the cover 2, which is closed by a hingedlid 5.

The numeral 6 indicates the handle of the spoon, which is hollow ortubular and is open at its opposite ends. 7

Children will not ordinarily take medicine willingly, and in theirstruggles in resisting its administration it is sometimes impossible toget the spoon into their mouths, and again frequently a portion of themedicine is spilled or wasted, whereby the child fails to obtain theentire dose. By means of my improved spoon the medicine is easily forcedinto the mouth and spilling is rendered impossible. In practice themedicine is poured into the spoon through the filling-aperture 4 and thelid 5 is closed- The bowl is then placed in the patients mouth and thenurse places the mouth of the handle in his mouth, when by blowingthrough the tubular handle the medicine is forced out of the bowlthrough the slit 3 and into the patients mouth. The patients month is atthe same time filled with air, compelling the patient to swallow themedicine. In this manner the patient cannot fail to take the medicineand must swallow the entire dose administered.

Having described my invention, what I claim is As a new article ofmanufacture, the herein-described medicine-spoon, comprising a bowlhaving a permanently-closed top slitted at the tip to form a contracteddischarge oriifice or outlet, said top having a filling-orifice closedby a hinged lid, and a hollow tubular handle open at both ends andcommunicating at one end with the bowl of the spoon at a point oppositethe slitted tip, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HUGH C. MIDDLETON.

\Vitnesses:

M. MoMALLY, H. W. JoNEs.

